1875 Encyclopedia Britannica Complete 9th Edition on DVD

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The Encyclopedia Britannica Ninth Edition (1875) is a 24 volume reference work with a 25th volume devoted to an index. It was compiled from 1875 to 1889 and is often references as "The Scholar's Edition" due to its very high quality compared to prior editions. The editor of the ninth edition was T.S. Baynes, professor of logic, metaphysics and English literature at St. Andrews. He was joined by William Robertson Smith, a Semitic scholar, in 1881 and it was Smith who completed the monumental editing job when Baynes died in 1887.

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The Encyclopedia Britannica Ninth Edition (1875) is a 24 volume reference work with a 25th volume devoted to an index. It was compiled from 1875 to 1889 and is often references as "The Scholar's Edition" due to its very high quality compared to prior editions. The editor of the ninth edition was T.S. Baynes, professor of logic, metaphysics and English literature at St. Andrews. He was joined by William Robertson Smith, a Semitic scholar, in 1881 and it was Smith who completed the monumental editing job when Baynes died in 1887.

These ancient volumes are a treasure trove of interesting and unusual facts and make for fascinating reading to get a sense of the times and their knowledge of the world vs what we now know of the world. This makes them perfect for researchers, historians and anyone interested in this time period and the happenings of the world at that time.

This DVD contains all 25 volumes:

Volume I: A - Anatomy

Volume II: Anaxagoras - Athenry

Volume III: Athens - Boissonade

Volume IV: Bokhara - Canoe

Volume V: Canon - Cleves

Volume VI: Clichy - Dayton

Volume VII: Deacon - El Dorado

Volume VIII: Eleanor - Fakir

Volume IX: Falaba - Fyzabad

Volume X: G - Gotz

Volume XI: Gouda - Hippopotamus

Volume XII: Hiring - Indus

Volume XIII: Infant - Kant

Volume XIV: Kaolin - Lons-le-Saulnier

Volume XV: Loo - Memphis

Volume XVI: Mena - Mosul

Volume XVII: Motanabbi - Ormuzd

Volume XVIII: Orne - Phthisis

Volume XIX: Phylactery - Provins

Volume XX: Prudentius - Roswitha

Volume XXI: Rothe - Siam

Volume XXII: Sibbald - Szolnok

Volume XXIII: T - Upsala

Volume XXIV: Ural-Altaic - Zymotic

Volume XXV: Index and List of Contributors

Here are some pages pulled from the collection.

This DVD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many of the books on this DVD are fully searchable and all are printable.